Nelle Engoron
@nelleengoron.bsky.social
Writer in Northern California. Finishing a play about the red/blue divide, based on my experiences since moving from a big blue city to a small purple town.
This photo captures everything about the insane times we are living through.
September 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This photo captures everything about the insane times we are living through.
Tesla (or Elon) thinks we’ve only been driving cars since the 1970s.
Hey Mr Genius, “50 years ago” is 1975.
From their new Master Plan announcement:
Hey Mr Genius, “50 years ago” is 1975.
From their new Master Plan announcement:
September 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Tesla (or Elon) thinks we’ve only been driving cars since the 1970s.
Hey Mr Genius, “50 years ago” is 1975.
From their new Master Plan announcement:
Hey Mr Genius, “50 years ago” is 1975.
From their new Master Plan announcement:
In 1899, one small directory could hold the phone numbers for all of the people in California, Oregon and Washington who had phones.
August 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In 1899, one small directory could hold the phone numbers for all of the people in California, Oregon and Washington who had phones.
Truth in advertising:
August 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Truth in advertising:
Just a side note, but men who put their arms around women’s necks this way should always be viewed with suspicion. It’s very different than putting an arm around a woman’s shoulders. The position Epstein is using (enclosing her neck) indicates possession and control of the other person.
July 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just a side note, but men who put their arms around women’s necks this way should always be viewed with suspicion. It’s very different than putting an arm around a woman’s shoulders. The position Epstein is using (enclosing her neck) indicates possession and control of the other person.
Meanwhile JD Vance has the smug grin of a man who knows he’s just one cheeseburger away from the presidency.
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Meanwhile JD Vance has the smug grin of a man who knows he’s just one cheeseburger away from the presidency.
Found a Harry Potter shopping bag when I was doing spring cleaning and The Daily Prophet news is looking alarmingly real today.
May 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Found a Harry Potter shopping bag when I was doing spring cleaning and The Daily Prophet news is looking alarmingly real today.
April 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Surely I’m not the only one who heard the banned words in George Carlin’s voice when I read this. (Or who laughed at “according to the outlet.”)
April 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Surely I’m not the only one who heard the banned words in George Carlin’s voice when I read this. (Or who laughed at “according to the outlet.”)
When a republican president loses the Wall St Journal …..
April 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
When a republican president loses the Wall St Journal …..
The recall of coffee that was mislabeled as decaf is a great time to post one of my all time fave cartoons:
March 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The recall of coffee that was mislabeled as decaf is a great time to post one of my all time fave cartoons:
The acknowledgment of my subscription cancellation today rings hollow. “We hope you’ll reconsider the value of the necessary and important work our journalists do to keep citizens informed. Absolutely nothing has changed about that. In fact, it’s more important than ever.”
February 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The acknowledgment of my subscription cancellation today rings hollow. “We hope you’ll reconsider the value of the necessary and important work our journalists do to keep citizens informed. Absolutely nothing has changed about that. In fact, it’s more important than ever.”
I think the New Yorker did the best version of this joke, with a cartoon that predates Trump:
February 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I think the New Yorker did the best version of this joke, with a cartoon that predates Trump:
Is @nytimes.com Connections puzzle throwing shade on the Supreme Court today by having it follow “kangaroo”?
January 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is @nytimes.com Connections puzzle throwing shade on the Supreme Court today by having it follow “kangaroo”?
Nice callback to a famous Hollywood story, too
December 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Nice callback to a famous Hollywood story, too
Karen Silkwood didn't like how her life story ended, either.
December 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Karen Silkwood didn't like how her life story ended, either.
Fall colors aren't finished yet:
November 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Fall colors aren't finished yet:
Time for Mary Oliver.
November 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Time for Mary Oliver.
The Zen approach.
(Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, 1657–1723) was a seventeenth-century (Edo period) Japanese poet and samurai.)
(Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, 1657–1723) was a seventeenth-century (Edo period) Japanese poet and samurai.)
November 12, 2024 at 12:08 AM
The Zen approach.
(Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, 1657–1723) was a seventeenth-century (Edo period) Japanese poet and samurai.)
(Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, 1657–1723) was a seventeenth-century (Edo period) Japanese poet and samurai.)